10 best-selling juvenile books like Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya

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Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

By: Pablo Cartaya

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Marcus Vega is six feet tall, 180 pounds, and the owner of a premature mustache. When you look like…

If you liked the juvenile plot in Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Death on the River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Amazon Adventure

By: Samantha Seiple

3.79

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

"I did have a murderous trip down South, but it was mighty interesting." In October 1913, Theodore … read more

Similar categories in Samantha Seiple's Death on the River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Amazon Adventure book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Nyxia (The Nyxia Triad, #1) by Scott Reintgen

2. Nyxia (The Nyxia Triad, #1)

By: Scott Reintgen

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

Emmett Atwater isn't just leaving Detroit; he's leaving Earth. Why the Babel Corporation recruited … read more

Similar categories in Scott Reintgen's Nyxia (The Nyxia Triad, #1) book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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3. The Hired Girl

By: Laura Amy Schlitz

4.80

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Today Miss Chandler gave me this beautiful book. I vow that I will never forget her kindness to me,… read more

Similar categories in Laura Amy Schlitz's The Hired Girl book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • fiction
  • young adult

4. The Book Jumper

By: Mechthild Gläser

4.54

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

Amy Lennox doesn't know quite what to expect when she and her mother pick up and leave Germany for … read more

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5. Wolf Hollow (Wolf Hollow #1)

By: Lauren Wolk

4.18

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Medal Honor Title (2017) Growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Wolk's Wolf Hollow (Wolf Hollow #1) book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"All around us, birds woke up the sky."

-Lauren Wolk, Wolf Hollow (Wolf Hollow #1)

"Somewhere, excitement waited for me like an uncut cake."

-Lauren Wolk, Wolf Hollow (Wolf Hollow #1)

"Sometimes things come out right," she said. "Sometimes they don't."

-Lauren Wolk, Wolf Hollow (Wolf Hollow #1)

"Nothing less important in the eyes of God, Annabelle, than pretty."

-Lauren Wolk, Wolf Hollow (Wolf Hollow #1)

6. The Watch That Ends the Night

By: Allan Wolf

4.00

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

Arrogance and innocence, hubris and hope--twenty-four haunting voices of the Titanic tragedy, as we… read more

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7. Efrén Divided

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Pura Belpré Award! “We need books to break open our hearts, so that we might feel … read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Efrén Divided book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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8. The Best at It

By: Maulik Pancholy

4.17

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From actor Maulik Pancholy comes an incredibly charming, heartfelt middle grade debut about Rahul K… read more

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  • audiobook
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
"Being different is what makes us fun, remember?"

-Maulik Pancholy, The Best at It

"Even when he's doing nothing, personality spills out of his every pore."

-Maulik Pancholy, The Best at It

"I pick up my pencil. Shoot. My hand is shaking. How is it possible to still be this nervous? I've felt this way for over eight hours now."

-Maulik Pancholy, The Best at It

"I feel like I could do anything. The world is my oyster. If I ate oysters, which I don't. My family's vegetarian. But you know what I mean."

-Maulik Pancholy, The Best at It

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9. Long Lost

By: Jacqueline West

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Eleven-year-old Fiona has just read a book that doesn’t exist. When Fiona’s family moves to be … read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline West's Long Lost book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. Black Brother, Black Brother

By: Jewell Parker Rhodes

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning and bestselling author, Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age stor… read more

Similar categories in Jewell Parker Rhodes's Black Brother, Black Brother book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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11. The Last Cuentista

By: Donna Barba Higuera

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abu… read more

Similar categories in Donna Barba Higuera's The Last Cuentista book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Suma's eyes are still closed, and I can't tell if she's trying to forget, or to remember. Maybe stories are there to help us do both. I know stories can't always have happy endings. But if there are …"

-Donna Barba Higuera, The Last Cuentista

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12. Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria

By: Muhammad Najem

4.56

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A teenage boy risks his life to tell the truth in this gripping graphic memoir by youth activist Mu… read more

Similar categories in Muhammad Najem's Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • middle grade
  • family
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13. The Benefits of Being an Octopus

By: Ann Braden

4.22

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Some people can do their homework. Some people get to have crushes on boys. Some people have other … read more

Similar categories in Ann Braden's The Benefits of Being an Octopus book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"Is a fishing rod evil because it catches someone's dinner? No. It's a tool. Just the way a gun is. Just the way a chain saw is. Just don't give it to the wrong person."

-Ann Braden, The Benefits of Being an Octopus

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14. Agent Most Wanted: The Never-Before-Told Story of the Most Dangerous Spy of World War II

By: Sonia Purnell

3.82

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A young readers adaptation of Sonia Purnell's New York Times bestselling book A Woman of No Importa… read more

Similar categories in Sonia Purnell's Agent Most Wanted: The Never-Before-Told Story of the Most Dangerous Spy of World War II book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • audiobook
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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15. Wink

By: Rob Harrell

4.27

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

A wrenching and hilarious story about embracing life's weirdness and surviving an unthinkable diagn… read more

Similar categories in Rob Harrell's Wink book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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16. Genesis Begins Again

By: Alicia D. Williams

4.35

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of a thirteen-year-old girl who is filled with self-loathing and must overcome in… read more

Similar categories in Alicia D. Williams's Genesis Begins Again book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"Right now, for me, it's only about winning"

-Alicia D. Williams, Genesis Begins Again

"Every family has some form of crazy, trust me."

-Alicia D. Williams, Genesis Begins Again

"When mama does my hair, she spills all the tea."

-Alicia D. Williams, Genesis Begins Again

"You've got your mama's smile. Never really noticed before."

-Alicia D. Williams, Genesis Begins Again

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17. Scritch Scratch

By: Lindsay Currie

3.92

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A ghost story about a malevolent spirit, an unlucky girl, and a haunting mystery that will tie the … read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's Scritch Scratch book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. The Blackbird Girls

By: Anne Blankman

4.43

Format: None pages, None

On a spring morning in 1986, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry re… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"La distanza tra i veri amici non conta, quando l'amicizia continua nei loro cuori."

-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls

"Distance between true friends doesn't matter when their friendship lives in their hearts"

-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls

"Siamo su questa terra per essere gentili gli uni con gli altri. Gli esseri umani sono la lingua di Dio."

-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls

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19. The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

By: Adrianna Cuevas

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

All Nestor Lopez wants is to live in one place for more than a few months and have dinner with his … read more

Similar categories in Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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20. A High Five for Glenn Burke

By: Phil Bildner

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A heartfelt and relatable novel from Phil Bildner, weaving the real history of Los Angeles Dodger a… read more

Similar categories in Phil Bildner's A High Five for Glenn Burke book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
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21. A Thousand Questions

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of Karachi, Pakistan, Saadia Faruqi’s middle grade novel tells the story o… read more

Similar categories in Saadia Faruqi's A Thousand Questions book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of The Secret Battle of Evan Pao by Wendy Wan-Long Shang

22. The Secret Battle of Evan Pao

By: Wendy Wan-Long Shang

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Middle school can be a battlefield... From award-winning author Wendy Wan-Long Shang comes a poigna… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Wan-Long Shang's The Secret Battle of Evan Pao book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya

23. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

By: Pablo Cartaya

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Marcus Vega is six feet tall, 180 pounds, and the owner of a premature mustache. When you look like… read more

Similar categories in Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • audiobook
  • cultural
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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24. Sherwood

By: Meagan Spooner

3.70

Format: 496 pages, ebook

Fans of Danielle Paige, Marissa Meyer, and Alex Flinn will devour New York Times bestselling author… read more

Similar categories in Meagan Spooner's Sherwood book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Such a deadly thing, a feather."

-Meagan Spooner, Sherwood

"But arrows are winged creatures."

-Meagan Spooner, Sherwood

"Who are you to say that being a lady, in itself, is not its own kind of war."

-Meagan Spooner, Sherwood

"Radical and insurgent and impatient. Those qualities sound more like you, my love."

-Meagan Spooner, Sherwood

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25. Unlawful Orders: A Portrait of Dr. James B. Williams, Tuskegee Airman, Surgeon, and Activist (Scholastic Focus)

By: Barbara Binns

3.62

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Barbara Binns presents the inspiring story of one man in his struggle for racial equality in the fi… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Binns's Unlawful Orders: A Portrait of Dr. James B. Williams, Tuskegee Airman, Surgeon, and Activist (Scholastic Focus) book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong, #1) by Kwame Mbalia

26. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong, #1)

By: Kwame Mbalia

4.18

Format: 482 pages, Hardcover

Seventh-grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best frien… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Mbalia's Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong, #1) book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"Can’t live your life with grief whispering in your ear, pulling you this way and that. But you can’t shove it in a drawer deep inside yourself, neither. Naw, you got to sit grief down and talk to it.…"

-Kwame Mbalia, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong, #1)

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27. My Life in the Fish Tank

By: Barbara Dee

4.21

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

From the acclaimed author of Maybe He Just Likes You and Halfway Normal comes a “compassionate…touc… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Dee's My Life in the Fish Tank book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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28. Chirp

By: Kate Messner

4.14

Format: 227 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed author Kate Messner comes the powerful story of a young girl with the courage to mak… read more

Similar categories in Kate Messner's Chirp book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science Is Tackling Unconscious Bias by Tanya Lloyd Kyi

29. This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science Is Tackling Unconscious Bias

By: Tanya Lloyd Kyi

4.29

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

An essential overview of the science behind stereotypes: from why our brains form them to how recog… read more

Similar categories in Tanya Lloyd Kyi's This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science Is Tackling Unconscious Bias book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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30. Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year

By: Nina Hamza

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An Indian Muslim #ownvoices debut about an underachiever who must start over in a new state with th… read more

Similar categories in Nina Hamza's Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year book and Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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31. The Only Black Girls in Town

By: Brandy Colbert

4.21

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Award-winning YA author Brandy Colbert's debut middle-grade novel about the only two black girls in… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook

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